As, however, the port in reality lies in thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes, according to the observations that have been made, they went much beyond it, thus making the voyage much longer than was necessary.
Junipero Serra Quotes
The tract through which we passed is generally very good land, with plenty of water; and there, as well as here, the country is neither rocky nor overrun with brush-wood.
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| Birth: | 24th November, 1713 |
| Death: | 28th August, 1784 |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Profession: | Priest, Professor |
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Junípero Serra known as Fra Juníper Serra in Catalan, his mother tongue was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, which at the time were in Alta California of the Las Californias Province in New Spain. He began in San Diego on July 16, 1769.
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